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...upset, Chambliss beat Max Cleland. Republican ads accused the Democrat, a Vietnam vet and triple amputee, of being soft on national security. Chambliss is chairman of a subcommittee on terrorism...
...were prepared when Congressman Saxby Chambliss agreed to Rove's call to challenge Georgia incumbent Max Cleland, a war veteran and conservative Democrat who had voted with the President on his $1.3 trillion tax cut. Chambliss had demands beyond the buckets of money Rove promised: "I also need the President to come to Georgia twice," Chambliss said. Rove looked at him, perplexed. "Can he only come to the state two times?" "No, Karl, I mean twice a month," Chambliss said. It was an outsize request, but Bush almost lived up to it. He visited Georgia six times--including two stops...
While the overall victory margin was small, the Administration prevailed in most of its high-priority races. In Georgia, Saxby Chambliss coasted to an upset win over incumbent Max Cleland, while Norm Coleman came back to defeat Walter Mondale in Minnesota. As soon as the final returns came in, Lott accelerated his plans for assuming control. Early last week he began courting Dean Barkley, the Independent appointed to serve out the last two months of the late Democrat Paul Wellstone's term. If Lott can lure Barkley to vote with the Republicans, he would effectively wrest control of the lame...
...homeland-security bill, which Democrats blocked because of the White House's refusal to extend civil servant benefits to employees of the new Department of Homeland Security. They won't try that again. Bush hammered the Senate as soft on terrorism for opposing the plan, and Democrats like Cleland were vulnerable to the charge. "The President will get what he wants on homeland security because of the political corpse of Max Cleland," says conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist...
...state that has a long tradition of Democrats opposing abortion is Missouri, where Jean Carnahan lost her race against Senator-Elect Jim Talent. Historically, there is a net benefit of approximately 80,000 votes to the candidate who opposes abortion in state-wide races in Missouri. Additionally, Senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.), a wounded Vietnam Veteran who lost three of his limbs, was defeated in a pro-military state by an opponent of abortion, Republican Rep. Saxby Chambliss...